15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Jeff Tamarkin (JazzTimes, Relix, Mojo, Best Classic Bands)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)
  2. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope)
  3. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  4. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  5. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)
  6. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  7. Matthew Shipp, The Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
  8. Pat Metheny, From This Place (Nonesuch)
  9. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  10. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Charlie Parker, The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (1944-48, Craft)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)

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